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SUCCOURED BY FRIENDLY NATIVES WHEN THEY ESCAPED FROM THE JAPANESE PRISON CAMP AT RANAU, AFTER SURVIVING THE SANDAKAN DEATH MARCH, THREE AUSTRALIAN PRISONERS OF WAR (POWS) WERE FLOWN OUT TO THE LABUAN AIRSTRIP BY RAAF AUSTER PILOTS. LEFT TO RIGHT: GROUP CAPTAIN J. R. FLEMING, KEW, VIC, COMMANDING OFFICER OF NO. 83 (ARMY COOPERATION) WING RAAF; PILOT OFFICER J. C. THOMAS, TOORAK, VIC; PRIVATE NELSON SHORT, WOOLLAHRA, NSW, 2/18TH BATTALION; WARRANT OFFICER WILLIAM H. STICPEWICH, NEWCASTLE, NSW, 8TH DIVISION, ARMY SERVICE CORPS; PRIVATE KEITH BOTTERILL, KATOOMBA, NSW, 22ND BRIGADE HEADQUARTERS; FLYING OFFICER TED DOWSE, DOUBLE BAY, NSW. A FOURTH MAN, BOMBARDIER MOXHAM WAS TOO ILL TO BE PHOTOGRAPHED WITH THIS GROUP.
LABUAN, NORTH BORNEO. THREE OF SIX AUSTRALIANS BELIEVED TO BE THE SOLE REMAINING SURVIVORS OF 2,700 PRISONERS OF WAR, 1,900 OF WHOM ARE AUSTRALIANS, WHO TOOK PART IN THE INFAMOUS DEATH MARCH FROM SAND
Portrait of NX42191 Private (Pte) Keith Botterill of Katoomba, NSW. Pte Botterill served with the 2/19 Battalion and was taken prisoner of war in Malaya, subsequently imprisoned at Sandakan, North Bor
Portrait of NX58617 Private (Pte) Nelson A. E. Short, 2/18 Battalion, of Woollahra, NSW. He was taken prisoner of war in Malaya and subsequently imprisoned in Sandakan, North Borneo. He was one of onl
Portrait of NX19750 Lance Bombardier William D. Moxham of 2/15 Field Regiment and Toongabbie, NSW. Lance Bombardier Moxham was taken prisoner of war in Malaya, subsequently being imprisoned at Sandaka
Fenton, NT. 1945-03. An informal group portrait of the crew of a Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber of No. 21 Squadron RAAF, standing beside their aircraft. Left to right: Back row: 436937 Flight Serg
Digri, Bengal, India. 1944-11-27. Informal group portrait of RAAF crews in No. 215 (Liberator) Squadron RAF, relaxing in the sun. Left to right, seated: Warrant Officer (WO) J. A. R. South of Darkan,
